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flagpole
/ ˈflæɡˌstɑːf; ˈflæɡˌpəʊl /
noun
- a pole or staff on which a flag is hoisted and displayed
- run something up the flagpoleto pursue a tentative course of action in order to gauge the reaction it receives
Example Sentences
Last year, while Republicans were trying to de-gay the flagpoles of our embassies, the world also learned that Russia’s Supreme Court declared the rainbow flag was forbidden in its country.
The Van Nuys man used flagpoles, metal crutches and broken pieces of furniture as he stormed the building, injuring both police and other insurrectionists, according to court documents.
Capitol Police officers were attacked with weapons including metal batons, wooden planks, flagpoles, fire extinguishers and pepper spray.
So it’s worth remembering how on that “day of love,” as Trump has described it, police were set upon by thugs wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, tasers, pepper spray and iron pipes.
At least one of them was stabbed with a flagpole topped by an American eagle.
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